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  • Ted Hellier, award-winning South Portland volunteer and coach, succumbs to cancer

    SOUTH PORTLAND — In a well-traveled and colorful life, three things stood out for Edward 'Ted" Hellier. "If he wasn't talking about his kids, it was lacrosse and solar," Susan Hellier said Tuesday, one day after her husband died of cancer at age 57. After an itinerant youth th...

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    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 3:40 pm

  • Sitting in with the band in Freeport

    Seven-month-old August Martelle sits in a guitar case while musicians Craig Hensley, left, and Jeff Raymond play a contra-style song at the Freeport Farmer's Market on Friday, June 14. Last week marked the first day of the season for the weekly market, which features 20 vendors from 1-5 p.m. ever...

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    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 3:00 pm
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  • Bowdoin College to award degrees to 452 graduates

    BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College will graduate 452 students, including 56 from Maine, in its 204th commencement ceremony on Saturday. President Barry Mills will preside over a ceremony on the terrace of the college's Museum of Art. In the event of severe weather, graduation will be hel...

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    Thursday, May 21, 2009

  • METRO partnership

    Representatives from the Greater Portland Transit District joined Falmouth town officials and community members at O'Naturals on Route 1 on May 14 to celebrate the town's partnership with METRO and to launch the new Falmouth Flyer route. Town Councilor Bonny Rodden, center, was instrumental in estab...

    Peggy Roberts • News •
    Thursday, May 21, 2009

  • Brunswick Naval Air Station redevelopers await news on state funding

    BRUNSWICK — Despite a cruel budget year, the organization overseeing the redevelopment of Brunswick Naval Air Station is hoping for a little kindness from the Legislature. The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee is parsing Gov. John Baldacci's $306 million bond package....

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    Thursday, May 21, 2009

  • It takes a Village Station

    Olympic gold medalist and Freeport resident Joan Benoit Samuelson watches highlights of her career Saturday during an opening ceremony at the Nike Factory Store at the Shops at Freeport Village Station. Samuelson also participated in a Q&A session with shoppers and fans who came out to enjoy the are...

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    Thursday, May 21, 2009

  • Topsham-based Red Cross marks 100 years, faces next century’s challenges

    TOPSHAM — The Mid-Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross, which celebrated its 100th anniversary on Wednesday, faces several challenges in its second century. They include declines in blood donors, disaster relief and volunteers. The local chapter began as a public ...

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    Thursday, May 21, 2009

  • Brunswick, Bath, Topsham, Harpswell prepare Memorial Day events

    BRUNSWICK — The communities of Topsham, Brunswick, Harpswell and Bath have a full morning of events planned for Memorial Day, Monday, May 25. Topsham and Brunswick's joint parade will begin assembling at the Topsham Municipal Building on Main Street at 8 a.m. The parade will begin...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Thursday, May 21, 2009

  • Memorial Day observances planned in Falmouth, Freeport, Cumberland, Yarmouth

    FALMOUTH — The towns of Freeport, Yarmouth, Falmouth and Cumberland will celebrate Memorial Day with traditional parades, music and ceremonies on Monday, May 25.

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    Thursday, May 21, 2009

  • New managers prepare Chebeague inns for new season

    CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — After being shuttered for the winter, things are moving again at the Chebeague Island Inn. The dress code includes work boots, carpenter jeans and loose T-shirts: there's movement on the porch, where clear storm curtains are going up over the dining room windows...

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    Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 9:40 am
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